Whiffletree-clip.



P-ATENTED FEB. 17, 1903.

B. B. WELLBS'.

WHIPFLBTREE CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1,'1902.

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EDWARD B. WELLES, OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRDTO THOMAS G. CLARK, OF ASHEVILLF., NORTH CAROLINA.

WHIFIFLETREE-CLIP'.

SPECFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,866, dated February17, 1903 Application iiled August l, 1902. Serial No. 117,997. (Nomodel.)

To LZZ 1,071,071@ t mia/y concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. WnLLns,v

a citizen of the United States, residing at Asheville, in the county ot'Buncombe and State of North Carolina,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in lVhiftletree- Clips, of which the Eollowi ng is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.xo This invention relates to whitiletree-clips, and has for an object toprovide an improved form of clip for securing the hook to a tree andalso a vnovel and improved' construction of hook adaptedto cooperatewith a guard x5 carried by the clip.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims. I

2o In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a tree to which the inventionmay be applied; Fig. 2, a vertical sect-ion thereof on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan of the tree complete; Fig. 4, a similar View ofthe blank forming the end clips; Fig. 5, a vertical section through thisclip secured in position; Fig. 6, a similar section showing the meansfor applying the clip and securing-plate. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectionillustrating the hook and guard; Fig. 8, a detail perspective of thehook; Fig. 9, a plan of the blank for the center clip; Fig. 10, acentral vertical section on the line 10 10 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11, avertical section through the center clip, showing the application of adoubletree-hook thereto; and Fig.

12 is a plan of the holdingplate for said doubletree-hook. e

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several tignres ofthe drawings.

The letter A designates a tree, either a single or double tree, which isprovided at its opposite ends with a kerf or slot A therein to receivethe securing means for the clip B and centrally between its ends with aslot A2 to receive the securing means for the center clip C. When adoubletree-hook is used, an additional slot A3 may be provided upon theopposite face of the tree from the slot A2, and each of these slots issimply for the purpose of providing a flat bearing-face for thesecuring-plate used in connection with the clips.

The end clipsB are formed of a blank, as shown in Fig. 4, provided atopposite sides of its center with slots orapertures therethrough topermit the passage of asecuring-plate B and upon each end with guardportions B3, having therein a ,boltvaper-'ture'B'1 and upon one edge arecess B5 to cooperate with the hook, as hereinafter described. Thisclip is secured to the tree by being compressed upon 6o the same Yunderpressure, when the plate B is passed through the opposite apertures B2and its ends bent downward y upon the clip to `firmly lock the same inposition nndersuch tension or pressure that the wood of the tree iscompressed beyond the point of shrinkage. This result may be obtained byvarious devices; but as showing a preferred construction foraccomplishing the result I have illustrated in Fig. 6 oppositecompressing-dies D, 7o which compress the wood beyond the point ofshrinkage, and the plate rB is then bent downward at its end to securethe clip in position by means of the plungers D, mounted in the dies toengage the'opposite ends of the plate. 75 The clip as thus applied maybe.used for any desired purpose; but when used as an end clip a hook E ispivotally mounted therein by means of a bolt B3 andthe point E of saidhook adapted to travel adjacent to the curved 8o outer edge of theguards B3, between which it is pivoted, while this point is alsoprovided with a lip E2, so as to form a recess or throat Es ofsubstantially the diameter of the ring or link adapted to be held'by thehook, as 85 shown in Fig. 7.

' The center clip C is secured in position. similarly to the clip B bymeans of a plate C', passed through apertures (12in the clip C and bentdownward thereon, While the material 9o out from these apertures is bentdownwardly upon itself, as at C3, forming a double thickness to receivethe pivoting-bolt C4 for the connecting means, which may be a ring(E5-or any other suitable device. When it is desired to provide asupplementary plate for securing a doubletree-hook in position, thisclip may also be provided with a center aperture C6, through which theshank F of a holding-plate F may pass, as shown in Fig. roo 11. Thisholding-plate, as shown in Fig. 12,

is composed of a blank of metal bent upon i lar in construction to thosehereinbefore described.

In the operation of the invention the ring or link to be connected tothe tree is first placed in the recess B5 in the guard-plates B3 and thehook then thrown into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7 andby full lines at the right of Fig. 3. The link, as in,- dicated at G, isthen moved upwardly into the throat E3 of the hook and past the lip E2,so that when the hook is returned toits fullline position in Fig. 7 andat the left of Fig. 3 the link G is carried thereby in contact with thecurved edge of the guards B3, so that there is no possibility ofaccidental disengagement, While the parts can be quickly and readilydisconnected by the driver by simply swinging the hook to one side,which carries the link with it and into the recess B, when the hook isreturned to its full-line position and the link may be removed todisconnect the trace or other part attached to the hook. It will also beobserved that the means for securing the clip in its positioneifectually prevents the removal of the same or its loosening throughshrinkage of the material of the tree and at the same time forms apositive lock to prevent an endwise movement of the clip upon the tree,thus producing a simple, efficient, and economically-m an ufactured clipto which any device may be attached and also a hook which can be appliedby other forms ofclip and secure the advantages hereinbefore set forth.

It will be obvious that changes may be made in the details ofconstruction and configuration without departing from the spirit of theinvention as deiined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a device of the class described, a body portion, a clip-platesecured thereto to embrace the body, and a laterally-extendingsecuring-plate passing` through the opposite sides of the clip and bentdownward thereon; substantially as specified. l

2. In a device of the class described, a bod portion, a clip-platesecured thereto to embrace the body, a laterally-extendingsecuring-plate passing through the opposite sides of the clip and bentdownward thereon, guards formed upon the free ends of said clip andprovided with a recess at one side, a pivot passing through said guards,and a hook mounted upon said pivot and provided with a point adapted totravel concentric with and adjacent to the edge of the guards;substantiall y as specified.

4. In a device of the class described, a clipplate provided withapertures at opposite sides of its center and pivot-apertures at itsends, a curved body provided with a kerf upon one face and upon whichsaid clip is applied, and a securing-plate passed through said clip andkerf and having its free ends bent downward upon the clip; substantiallyas specified.

5. In a whiflietree, a center clip comprising a plate having portionscut away and bent upon the body of the plate, and a securing-platepassed through said cut-away portions and bent upon the body of theplate; substantially as specified.

6. In a Whiftletree, a center clip comprising a plate having portionscut away and bent'upon the body of the plate, a securingplate passedthrough said cut-away portions and bent upon the body of the plate, anda supplementary guard-plate having a body portion disposed upon one sideof said clipplate and a shank extending through an aperture therein;substantially as specified.

7. In a Whifietree, a body having kerfs or grooves at opposite ends andan intermediate groove upon the opposite face from the end` grooves,pivoting-clips upon the opposite ends of said tree having securing meanspassed through said kerfs, an intermediate clip embracing the body ofthe tree, and securing means therefor passing through a kerf in thetree; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature n presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD B. WELLES.

Witnesses:

' T. G. CLARK,

CECILE CUTTER.

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